Roy Orbison: "I remember Paul and John grabbing me by my arms and not letting me go back to take my curtain call. The audience was yelling, ‘We want Roy, we want Roy,’ and there I was, being held captive by the Beatles who were saying, ‘Yankee, go home.’ We had a great time."

Roy Orbison: "I remember Paul and John grabbing me by my arms and not letting me go back to take my curtain call. The audience was yelling, ‘We want Roy, we want Roy,’ and there I was, being held captive by the Beatles who were saying, ‘Yankee, go home.’ We had a great time."

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My dear mother saw that tour - The Beatles as a support act for Roy Orbison!
She was a huge Orbison fan and wasn't actually that impressed by this new, up and coming band called the Beatles...

Rebekah who?
It's ok, I'm joking. Her version is perfectly fine, and it joins the growing list of *good* versions done by other artists.
Sorry, but suggesting it's better than the original ? You cannot (as John McEnroe would say) be serious!!??
There is simply no comparison here. And to suggest as much is bordering on disrespectful.
It's like suggesting John Mellencamp outdoes Bob on "Like A Rolling Stone".
So can we behave, now?
There will only be one version of this song that truely matters, and that's the one coming out Roy Orbison's mouth. His version of "Crying", and only his, is arguably the greatest song of love and loss ever recorded. Case closed.

I absolutely love Rebekah del Rio's version, especially how it fits into the arc of the film, marking a threshold moment after which everything changes. I think it's one of the great moments in cinema and the performance is a landmark... But I'm still voting for Roy Orbison cuz c'mon, it's Roy Orbison.

All song are open to reinterpretation, it's how great music works. Listening to Melanie's Ruby Tuesday now.
The original seems to stick as definitive, even more with the so distinctive Roy, but I can't resist other versions.